swing

2. To hit at something with a sweeping motion of the arm: swung at the ball.

3. To move laterally or in a curve: The car swung over to the curb.

4. To turn in place on or as if on a hinge or pivot.

5. To move along with an easy, swaying gait: swinging down the road.

6. To propel oneself from one place or position to another by grasping a fixed support: swinging through the trees.

7. To ride on a swing.

8. To shift from one attitude, interest, condition, or emotion to another; vacillate.

9. Slang To be put to death by hanging.

10. Music

a. To have a subtle, intuitively felt rhythm or sense of rhythm.

b. To play with a subtle, intuitively felt sense of rhythm.

11. Slang

a. To be lively, trendy, and exciting.

b. To engage in promiscuous sex.

c. To exchange sex partners. Used especially of married couples.

d. To have a sexual orientation: Which way does he swing?

v.tr.

1. To cause to move back and forth, as on a swing.

2. To cause to move in a broad arc or curve: swing a bat; swung the car over.

3.

a. To cause to move with a sweeping motion: swinging his arms.

b. To lift and convey with a sweeping motion: swung the cargo onto the deck.

4. To suspend so as to sway or turn freely: swung a hammock between two trees.

5.

a. To suspend on hinges: swing a shutter.

b. To cause to turn on hinges: swung the door shut.

6. To cause to shift from one attitude, position, opinion, or condition to another.

7. Informal

a. To manage or arrange successfully: swing a deal.

b. To bring around to the desired result: swing an election.

8. Music To play (music) with a subtle, intuitively felt sense of rhythm.

n.

1. The act or an instance of swinging; movement back and forth or in one particular direction.

2. The sweep or scope of something that swings: The pendulum's swing is 12 inches.

3. A blow or stroke executed with a sweeping motion of the arm.

4. The manner in which one swings something, such as a bat or golf club.

5. A shift from one attitude, position, or condition to another: a swing to conservatism.

6. Freedom of action: The children have free swing in deciding what color to paint their room.

7.

a. A swaying, graceful motion: has a swing to her walk.

b. A sweep back and forth: the swing of a bird across the sky.

8. A course or tour that returns to the starting point: a swing across the state while campaigning.

9. A seat suspended from above, as by ropes, on which one can ride back and forth for recreation.

10. The normal rhythm of life or pace of activities: back in the swing.

11. A steady, vigorous rhythm or movement, as in verse.

12. A regular movement up or down, as in stock prices.

13. Music

a. A type of popular dance music developed about 1935 and based on jazz but employing a larger band, less improvisation, and simpler harmonic and rhythmic patterns.

b. A ballroom dance performed to this music.

c. A subtle, intuitively felt rhythmic quality or sense of rhythm.

adj.

1. Music Relating to or performing swing: a swing band.

2. Determining an outcome; decisive: the swing vote.

Idiom:

in full swing

At the highest level of activity or operation.

[Middle English swingen, to beat, brandish, from Old English swingan, to flog, strike, swing.]

swing′y adj.

Synonyms: swing, oscillate, sway, rock2, vibrate, waver These verbs mean literally to move one way and then another, usually back and forth or to and fro. Some verbs often see figurative use: Swing usually applies to arclike movement of something attached at one extremity and free at the other: The ship's lanterns swung violently in the raging storm. Figuratively, it denotes difficulty to decide or act from being drawn by conflicting purposes or emotions: "She swung between disbelief and dread" (Denise Grady).Oscillate similarly refers to a steady back-and-forth motion, as that of a pendulum, and also can indicate figurative vacillation: "a king ... oscillating between fear of Rome and desire of independence" (Walter Besant).Sway suggests the movement of something unsteady, light, or flexible: "thousands of the little yellow blossoms all swaying to the light wind" (W.H. Hudson). To rock is to swing gently or rhythmically or sway or tilt violently: "The ruins of the ancient church seemed actually to rock and threaten to fall" (Sir Walter Scott).Vibrate implies quick periodic oscillations; it can also suggest trembling, pulsating, or quivering: "Music, when soft voices die, / Vibrates in the memory" (Percy Bysshe Shelley).Waver suggests unsteady, uncertain movement: "Through the hard, driving rain the sentinel birches wavered like pale, elongated ghosts" (Melissa Hardy). It also suggests inconstancy or irresolution of feeling or action: "I have a friend who was reared to believe, and he does. But his faith has wavered" (Dana Tierney).

swing

(swɪŋ)

vb, swings, swingingorswung

1. to move or cause to move rhythmically to and fro, as a free-hanging object; sway

2. (intr) to move, walk, etc, with a relaxed and swaying motion

3. to pivot or cause to pivot, as on a hinge

4. to move or cause to move in a curve: the car swung around the bend.

5. to move or cause to move by suspending or being suspended

6. to hang or be hung so as to be able to turn freely

7. (intr) slang to be hanged: he'll swing for it.

8. to alter or cause to alter habits, a course, etc

9. (tr) informal to influence or manipulate successfully: I hope he can swing the deal.

10. (foll by: up) to raise or hoist, esp in a sweeping motion

11. (often foll by: at) to hit out or strike (at), esp with a sweeping motion

12. (tr) to wave (a weapon, etc) in a sweeping motion; flourish

13. (Jazz) to arrange or play (music) with the rhythmically flexible and compulsive quality associated with jazz

14. (Jazz) (intr) (of popular music, esp jazz, or of the musicians who play it) to have this quality

15. slang to be lively and modern

16. (intr) slang to swap sexual partners in a group, esp habitually

17. (Cricket) (intr) cricket to bowl (a ball) with swing or (of a ball) to move with a swing

18. (Navigation) to turn (a ship or aircraft) in order to test compass error

19. swing both ways slang to enjoy sexual partners of both sexes

20. swing the lead informal to malinger or make up excuses

n

21. the act or manner of swinging or the distance covered while swinging: a wide swing.

22. a sweeping stroke or blow

23. (Boxing) boxing a wide punch from the side similar to but longer than a hook

24. (Cricket) cricket the lateral movement of a bowled ball through the air

25. any free-swaying motion

26. any curving movement; sweep

27. (Other Non-sporting Hobbies) something that swings or is swung, esp a suspended seat on which a person may sit and swing back and forth

28. (Jazz)

a. a kind of popular dance music influenced by jazz, usually played by big bands and originating in the 1930s

movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"

5.

swing - a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz

stroke, shot - (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"

stroke, shot - (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"

9.

swing - a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them

swing - move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting; "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat"

move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

4.

swing - influence decisively; "This action swung many votes over to his side"

swing - hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"

aim, take aim, train, direct, take - point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent"

8.

swing - alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"

change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

fluctuate, vacillate, waver - move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"

9.

swing - live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style; "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely"

live - lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war"

10.

swing - have a certain musical rhythm; "The music has to swing"

be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

(= rhythm) → Schwungm; (= kind of music, dance) → Swingm; to walk with a swing → schwungvollgehen; to go with a swing(fig) → ein voller Erfolg sein(inf); to be in full swing → voll im Gang sein; to get into the swing of something(of new job, married life etc) → sich an etw(acc) → gewöhnen; to get into the swing of things(inf) → reinkommen(inf)

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